Barton in Fabis
- The parish was in the Wilford sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2446 |
- The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1615-1871.
- The parish was in the Wilford sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Babworth is a township and a large parish that sits in the north of Nottinghamshire, about 1.5 miles west of Retford and 7 miles east of Worksop. The parish covers over 6,300 acres and includes the hamlets of Ranby, Great Morton, Little Morton and Morton Grange.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the A453 trunk road passes through the parish.
- The national grid reference is SK 5232.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Seven men died in World War I and a bell in the parish church's tower is dedicated in their memory.
- There is a gravestone in the churchyard in memory of Captain Thomas STANLEY of the Royal Flying Corps who died in August, 1917.
- There is a 12-foot cross standing next to the south porch of the parish church. It has four plaques in memory of those who lost their lives in WWI and WWII.
- This photograph of the memorial shows some of the plaques around the base.
- The parish was in the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
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[Last updated: 23-February-2013 - Louis R. Mills]